Dictionary Entry
bulwark
bulwark is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 19 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.
- 2noun
That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection.
- 3noun
The sides of a ship above the upper deck.
- 4transitive verb
To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by fortification; to protect.
- 5noun
a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
- 6noun
a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural)
- 7noun
an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
"they stormed the ramparts of the city"
"they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"
- 8verb
defend with a bulwark
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